Passenger and like car.



PATBNTEDMAY 21, 1907. A. CHRISTIAN-SON. PASSENGER AND LIKE GAR.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG.25. 1906.

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AXDREW (.IIRISTIANSON, or BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR To" STANDARD s'rialcli CAR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, v A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

PASSENGER AND LIKE CAR- To ruii whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW CHRISTIAN- SON, a resident of Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Passenger and Like Cars, (Case 4,) and I do hereby declare the following to be a fulLclear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to an end construc-' tion for passenger and other cars provided with end platforms and vestibules.

The object of the invention is to rovide an end construction for an all meta lic car which contains a minimum number of parts, and especially one of light wei ht.

To the accomplishment 0? the foregoing object the invention consists of the combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed. 7

In the accompanyin drawings Figure 1 is in part an end view of the vestibule framing of a passenger car, and in art a view of the end raming of the body 0 the car; Fig. 2 is a vertical centrallongitudinal section of the end framing of a passenger car embodying my invention; Fi 3 is a side view of the frame with: the finishing sheets removed; Fig. 4 is'i part a horizontal section on the line 4-4 lg. 1, and in part a plan view of the framing; Figs. 5, 6, 7 aid 8 are cross sections of the various door posts, and finishing plates; and Fig. 9 is a pers ectivc view of a of the vestibule.

In the drawings the portion of the underframe shown comprises two I-beams 1, constituting center'sills and extending out to the platform and or buffer sill 2, which is shown as a channel curved to the contour of the end of the car and secured directly to the center sills l. Parallelwith the center sills are platform beams 3, shown as rolled channel beams extending out and secured to the platform end sill or buffer beam. The body end sill is shown at 4. This comprises a number of pressed shapes, secured between the center sills and platform beams, and also extending out in the car sides, these sectional pieces being tied together by a bottom connecting plate 5, extending out to the side of the car and secured to the lower flanges of the sections 4. The platform end sill or buffer beam is provided with a top cover plate 6, and a platf rm lloorplateisshown at7. The

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 25, 1906. Serial in; 332,012.

steps lead down sidewise just outside of the platform beams 3 in the usual manner.

The side )lates of the car body are shown at 8, these eing of pressed channel shape,. placed with the flanges projecting downwardly, and the outer flange being wider than the inner flange. These plates project out to the end of the vestibule, where they are connected to the vestibule and plate 9, which also is. of a pressed channel shape placed with its flanges projecting upwardly and being wider at its central portion than its ends and bowed both upwardly and outwardly. This end plate is connected to the side plates by knee or angle pieces 10, which are riveted to the inner vertical flange 11 of of the the end plate 9 andthe horizontal we side plate 8.

The bod end framing comprises corner posts 13 0 angle shape and just inside of these are channel shaped posts 14, the latter being pressed from plates'with their outer flanges wider than their inner flanges. The corner posts 13 and channel posts 14 have their upper ends secured to the webs of the side plates Sby means of a pressed bracket 15, whose web is riveted to the angle post 13, a side flange riveted to theweb of the post 14, and a to flange riveted to the web of the plate 8. he channel posts 14 extend slightly above the tops of the side lates 8. The end of the body is also provi ed with door posts 16 and intermediate posts 17, these being of pressed channel shape having flanges of different widths. are connected some distance above the floor by belt rail sections 18, which are of general angle form in cross section, placed with the outer leg projecting downwardly.

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These verticals Near their upper ends the posts are connected by filling pieces, 19, and in line with these, be-' tween the door posts 16, is the door header 20, which also is of angle shape in cross section. wardly and are secured to vertically arranged plates 21 which are in effect ventilator plates! extending the full length of the car, the plates shown having an out-turned flange :22 at the lower edge, and an inturned flange 23 at the upper edge, so that they constitute in ell'ect? small plate girders. The end carline of thecar is com used of a lower deck section 24, an upper dec The intermediate posts 17 extend up- 7 section 25, and a vertical (1011':

necting member 26, to which the plate 2] is secured. This carhne is located in the same transverse plane as the intermediate posts roof is obtained in this manner.

The lower deck see! on 24 of the carline is a pressed member of general channel form haying integral flanges on top and bottom edges and both ends, the flange 27 at the lower end being used to secure the carline to the side frame of the car. The upper deck section 25 likewise is a pressed member of general channel formhaving top and bottom flanges. Tue vertical connecting member 26 is of general angle form, having a wide web, which is riveted to the vertical webs of the lower and upper deck sections of the earline,

and having a flange arranged longitudinally of the car in osition to receive the ventilator plate 21. T is construction of carline, however, is not claimed in this ap lication, but is claimed in an application, fi ed August 25, 1906, Serial No. 332,014.

In line with the inner end of the lower deck section, 24, of the carline is a transverse strut or beam 28, which is shown as a section of channel bar securedby means of angle pieces 29 to the intermediate posts 17, and by similar means to the upper ends of the door posts 16.

The end frame of the vestibule comprises corner posts 30, end door posts 31, and a pair of intermediate posts 32 and 33. Each of these is shown as formed from a ressed plate and of general channel form, liaving their lower ends secured to the. cover plate 6 of the end butter beam 2, and at their upper ends being connected by angle pieces 34 to the web of the. end plate-'9. The corner post 30 has its web arranged longitudinally of the car, with its inner flange substantially at right angles to the web, and its outer flange at an obtuse angle and curved as shown to Conform to the end of the vestibule. The door post 31 has its inner flange at a slight obtuse angle to its web, and its outer flange at an acirl-e angle thereto, so as to bring the web of said post parallel to the center line of the car a 1d the llanges on the curveof the platform and All of the vestibule and body end post.- ha e the inner flanges narrower than the outer flanges, the latter serving to have riveted thereto the outer finishing sheets, while the inner flanges merely form strengthe': .ing chords for the posts.

The. ihule intermediate posts 32 and 33 are conne': ted near their bottoms as well as several phi-res above the bottoms, by transverse members. The bottom connecting member i shown at 35, and is of general angle form having its ends bentat right angles to the body so as to form integral flanges for riveting to both the cover plate 6 of the buffer beam L- and the web of the intermediate posts 32 and 33, thus serving as a means of connecting these posts to the under frame while its upwardly projecting flan 0 serves as a means to which the inside finis 1-, mg sheets can be attached. The. connecting member 36 just above the angle 35 is of similar construction, but is riveted only to the intermediate posts 313 and 33. At the bottom of the end window openings of the platform is a transverse connecting member 37 forming a window sill, which member is shown as of angle shape secured by angle ieces to the intermediate posts. A header or the window opening of similar construction is shown at 38, The end door header is shown at 40, and is of general angle form. per ends of the door sts 31 have connected thereto the outer en sof channel head butler struts 41, the inner ends of which are secured to the filling pieces 19 of the body of the. car. In the angle between this buffer strut 41, the upper end of the door post 31, the end of the door header 40 and the end plate 9, is a casting 42, which serves as a bufi'er stem guide and also as a connecting member for these parts, as shown in Fig. 9.

Headers for the platform side doors are shown at 44, and are of pressed channel shape, having'a wider flange on the outside than on the inside, placed with their webs horizontal and the flanges projecting upwardly, and being connected to the body corner posts 13 and the platform corner posts 30 by angle pieces 45.

The door openings of the body and vestibule are finished by means of pressed plates both at'the sides and tops. members for the body end doors are shown at 50, and are of, eneral U-shape, having the legs riveted to t e inner and outer flanges of the door osts 16. These members are provided wit longitudinal angular indentations 51 which form a door stop. ishing plate 52 is 'of a similar construction, also having the door stop 53 pressed into the same. l

. The door opening at the end ofthe vestibule is finished by U-shaped pressed lates 54, secured to the flanges of the vestibu e end osts 31, and a similar header finishing plate is employed.

a At the corner of the body of the car is a finishing strip 56, this being a pressed plate of general U-shape, having an outer leg 57 riveted to the an le corner post 13 of the bod but having t e inner leg turned at right ang es to normal, as shown at 58 and riveted to the outer flange of the channel post 14 of the body. with a longitudinal angular indentatlon 59'to form a door sto At the corner of the vestibule is a finishing strip 6!), this also being a pressc d plate of general U-shape, having an outer leg 61, shaped to litagainst the curved obtuse outer flange of the vestibule corner The up- 4 The header fin- This member likewise is provided a form having one flange at an acute angle and the inner flange of the post 30. The (tour ceases post 30, and having its inner leg riveted to l to the vestibule corner posts, and continuous 65 1 stop 61 is formed in part by the edges of the late 60 and inner flange of the post 30, and

in partby a ressed. plate 62 riveted to the mner face of t ie-post flange, and slightly ohset, and then carried fartherinwardly as at 63 to receive the inner finishing sheets. 64- of .the vestibule. At these side door openings' are pressed headers 65 having the door stops 1 formed therein.

" is reduced to a minimum.

ever possible.

By means of the special pressed shapes forosts and finishing strips, the number of parts Furthermore, the flanges can be made of any desired width so as to avoid the, use of surplus metal wher of the construction isvery greatly reduced over constructlons employing standard rolled shapes and connecting pieces, and the parts The entire end construction may be of metal, al-

though if desired both the inner and outer finish may be composition board, or even of thin wood. Preferably, however, the inner sheets will be of aluminium and the outer finishing sheets of steel.

What I claim is:

1. A metallic car post of general channel form having one flange at an acute angle to its web.

2. A metallic car post of general channel form'having one flange at an obtusc angle. to its web.

- 3. A metallic car post of general channel the other flange at an obtuse angle to its web.

4,11 metallic car post formed of a press-.d

i plate of general channel shape and having its outer flange curved and at an obtuse angle to its web.

. 5. A metallic car post of general channel shape having flanges of different widths and one thereof at an acute angle to its web.

6. A metallic car post of general channel shape having flanges of different widths and one thereof at an obtuse angle to its web. 7. A metallic car post formed of a JIGSSOLl. plate and of general channel form, aving anges of different widths, one of which is at an acute angle and the other at an obtuse angle to its web.

8. A vestibuled corner construction comprising a flanged post, a pressed plate of general U-form inclosing said post and having its limbs secured to the flanges of the post, and an angle member secured to the inner face of a flange of the post, the edge of the flange of the post and of the U shaped plate forming a door stop.

9. A metallic vestibule construction for cars comprising body corner posts, vestibule corner posts, a vestibule end plate bowed both upwardly and outwardly and secured As a consequence the i i-eight flanged bm'lfsiilc plates scoured to thebody conier jmstsand r rcctly to the ends of said end plate." 3;

10. A metall c vestibule construction for cars comprising body "ci'n'ncr fposts, vestibule corner o. ts, ii vestibulcrndi ilate of gei'icral g-haruicl form placed with its flanges projecting upwardlyfand a body side plate l1; Kmctn lie vestibuleconstruction for cars, comprising body corner os ts, vrst-ibule 'cr'irner-posts, avcstib'ulc cni plate secured to the vestibule "corncr'posts, continuous flanged may side plates secured to thebody corner posts and to the ends of the vestibule end plate, and a side door header secured to the body corner postand'vcstibuie corner post.

12. A metallic vestibule construction for cars comprising body corner posts, vestibule corner osts, a body side plate comprising a charuic plate with the flanges projecting downwardly and extending from the body corner posts to the vestibule corner osts, and a side door header also of channe form placed with the flanges projecting upwardly and secured to the body corner post and vestibule corner post.

13. A metallic vestibule construction for cars, comprising body corner posts, vestibule corner posts, a channel shaped side plate extending from the body corner nets to the vestibule corner posts, a channel shaped door header secured to the body corner post and the vestibule corner post, the side plate bcin I placed with its flanges extending downwarr ly and the header being placed with its flanges extending upwardl and both having flanges of dill'erent widt s with the wider flanges on the outside.

14. A metallic vestibule construction comprising a body corner post having a flan e in the plane of the our end, a flanged post iaving a web transverse of the car end, a side late over the corner post, and a bracketiaving a web secured to the flange of the corner post, a flange secured to the web of the flanged ost and another flange secured to the side p ate.

- 15. A metallic sestibule construction for cars, comprising vrw-tibulc cud )osts having webs substantially iongitudinai of the car, and meta lic filling pieces between said posts of flanged shape and having integral flanges at their ends secured to the webs of the posts.

16. A metallic vestibule construction for cars, comprising metallic channel end post-s placed with their webs longitudinal o the car, and a filling member between said posts comprising an angle shape having its ends bent at an angle to-thc body to provide integral flanges which are riveted to the webs of -the end posts, the horizontal flanges of said angle member being riveted to the floor structure.

5 17. A metallic vestibule construction for cars, comprising body and framing, vestibule end posts, an end plate secured to the upper ends of said posts, a hood buffer strut connecting the posts and body framing, a door 10 header between the end osts, and a bracket.

secured to the ends of tie door header, the

buffer strut and the posts and serving to connect said parts.

18. A metallic construction for cars, cm-

15 rising end posts, an end late, a door I header, and a bracket secured to said post,

plate and header and securing the same togather.

19. A metallic vestibule construction for cars, comprising a body end framing, vestibule end posts, struts connecting said posts and end framing, a door header between said posts, an end plate, and a bracket secured to said post, door header, strut and end plate, and serving to connect said arts.

In testimony whereof, I, t 1e said ANDREW CHBISTIANSON have hereunto set my hand.

ANDREW CHRISTIANSON. 

